About This Game Blade of Destiny (1992) is the first part of the glorious Realms of Arkania Trilogy...An Orc army stands ready to attack Arkania's villages and towns. The only hope of saving the land lies in the legendary Blade of Destiny. Can you find this magical weapon in time to stop the siege? A rich and detailed adventure that will engage your mind and challenge your imaginations.The Realms of Arkania TrilogyThe Realms of Arkania games (Blade of Destiny, Star Trail and Shadows of Riva) deliver a prime example of the classical European fantasy universe. Based on Germany's most popular pen & paper role playing game, it was also the first German computer RPG series to get widely recognized outside of its home country. To this day it holds a stable hardcore fanbase that loves the games for their comprehensive adaption of the pen & paper ruleset and the believable medieval fantasy setting. 7aa9394dea Title: Realms of Arkania 1 - Blade of Destiny ClassicGenre: RPGDeveloper:attic Entertainment Software GmbHPublisher:United Independent Entertainment GmbHRelease Date: 10 Jan, 2014 Realms Of Arkania 1 - Blade Of Destiny Classic Reset Key When you wanna think of games that haven't aged well, think of this.. Realms of Arkania (RoE)The series is an interesting oldie, not saying it isn't good, just that it is interesting.More for the older RPG gamers, and those that enjoy the older style CRPG's.Worthy for the collection.- Universal Gamer***I should elaborate on my review.A must with this game is a copy of the Game Handbook\/Manual, as it will explain and clarify a vast amount of information with the game and gameplay.Also with this game is the combat, you need to spend quite a bit of time with it before it not only makes sense but you understand how it flows (It may a seem confusing on the entry level)- Universal Gamer***. This games hasn't aged well. I love Might and Magic V and VI, and this seems like it would play a lot like them, but my love for those games is definitely founded in nostalgia. If you haven't already played this game, or the PnP game it's based on, you problably won't enjoy it.. If you think this game is too oldschool, you might as well complain that there's too much violence in Halo, or that Minecraft is too blocky. If you mind oldschool, this game is not for you. The interface is primitive even compared to the sequels. That is not the the problem.What IS the problem, though, is that they spent the minimum possible effort getting it to run on modern computers. And that was already little, considering DosBox is free software. The sound is poorly configured, and choppy. On Ubuntu, the whole game doesn't even run thanks to a broken library that is included.Do not buy this game or any other retro\/dosbox-based games from this publisher until they clean up their act.. Awesome classic game! Still loving it just as much as I used to do it many years ago.. If you wanna spend $4 just to see how poorly the RPG world was back in the early 90s, then this is the game for you. It maps poorly, the interface is all over the place, and the melee combat and spell options are absolutely unusable. One small example, is you can only fire, attack or cast spells in vertical or horizontal directions; no diagonal options.I found it frustrating and a waste of good money, but you may see things differently and it'll only cost you $4 to find out :-). I am a Noob to Classic Dos gamming, but I have had a recent desire for such titles. I carried with me no nastalgia whatsoever upon my purchase of this game. I read the reviews here and decided to chance it... I am not disapointed AT ALL with my purchase. I am a huge fan of Baldurs Gate, only discovering it about 3 years ago, as well as a few other RPGs that have been re-released to those of us who were not fortunate to have PCs at a young age and the LARGE step above consol gamming they provide. If by any chance you are in a similar position and you find complex CRPGs fascinating, then please do yourself a favor and purchase this Trilogy. I bought them on sale of course, but have had more fun with "Blade of Destiny Classic" than I would with the newest and more polished Elder Scrolls entry. This game is unforgiving, to me in the Best way, and I confess that I haven't even finnished the first quest....Its that hard to me, but like I said I am a Noob. However, despite my humbling experience with micromanaging and Character Building, the hours spent with the heavy shadow of failure hovering above have easily been some of the most entertaining I have had with an RPG. Yes, I've played Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Final Fantasy, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect, but I seriously have never been as emersed into a game as I have this one. It is difficult to learn for a simple minded guy like myself to fully grasp, but I honestly feel rewarded with every effort I put in. NOTE: I know you don't want to hear this.......I can't beleive I did it myself... READ THE MANUAL. It comes with the game here on Steam (Just right click the title in your Steam library.) You WILL get the best Experience if you will take the time to READ it, not glance over it. If it helps it is easily the most entertaining manual I have ever read, granted I have read very few. I am too dumb. LOL.. RoA1 is complex RPG based on Germany's best selling pen and paper RPG "The Dark Eye". The game is very rough around the edges with stiff controls, repetitive graphics and micro management and instant kill dreath-traps; and yet the world of Aventuria is fun to explore and RoA is one of the few game series that tried to get the pen and paper rules as closely as possible onto the screen. With the classic RPG party of up to six heroes (plus an occasional NPC) you have to travel through and explore the viking-inspired country of Thorwal to find pieces of an old map showing the location of a legendary sword. Find the sword to thwart the impending orc invasion and save Thorwal. The story is as simple as that - but it's not an easy task.Travelling Thorwal is not a cakewalk. Find food and drink or your heroes will die of starvation or thirst. Gather herbs, brew potions and poisons or use them to cure death threatening diseases. Protect your camp or you risk enemy surprise attacks at night. Try to climb a mountain without a rope? Your party better have proper climbing skills or you can wave your heroes goodbye as the game cruelly hurls them down chasms to their deaths. Bottomless pits, rocky old boats that sink without warning - the game loves to kill you without giving you a chance. You better save often. Not enough? One wrong word may upset an NPC carrying one of the precious map pieces you're looking for and you will never get it. No second chances. Miss too many and you cannot complete the game (without the game telling you).Towns and dungeons are explored in old fashioned 3D view \u00e0 la classic Bard's Tale and Ultima Underworld. Combat takes place turn based on an isometric grid. Traveling across the lands happens on the large map of Thorwal itself.Over twenty years later there are many things that will turn gamers away instantly. The game gives you no quarter. But if you give it an honest chance you may find that exploring Thorwal and its dozens of villages and towns and numerous dungeons will be an adventure to remember for a long time to come.
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